Thread: Honing my first Wapi

Hey all,

I posted my dilemma in the Beginner's forum, forgetting that there was a Honing Forum here as well. I have been honing for a few months now, and have had good results with the Solingen Razors I have. I just got my first Wapi in the mail today (all the way from Poland) and was eager to start honing and shaving. I got my Nortons out and was all set for a nice time of honing, when on putting the razor on the 1k to set a bevel, I noticed that the razor is not laying flat against the stone. I know my stones are flat because I hone other razors on them with good results, so I'm assuming the Wapi is not straight. I would say that about a good centimeter from the heel up the blade, the edge does not come in contact with the hone. So, I was wondering if anyone can help out a fairly new hone practitioner. Thanks for listening to me ramble all.

Try do x strokes or rolling x strokes. Any of them will work.
if you have narrow hone can do the job too.
Pay attention when you do rolling x . not stay in same location more then others.
hope this helps . gl

Sounds like a warped blade, do as Sham has suggested and use a rolling or rocking X stroke.

Hey thanks guys.
I tried doing the rolling X and that seemed to help, but still not where it needs to be. I guess I just need to work on my honing technique for this one.

I've never honed a Wapi. IIRC Glen (gssixgun) ran into some that needed the grind on the heel corrected before going further ?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I've never honed a Wapi. IIRC Glen (gssixgun) ran into some that needed the grind on the heel corrected before going further ?

+1 on that suggestion.
Black marker including the heel portion will reveal if this fix is necessary.
If the heel is fine, rolling x strokes until the bevel is set on the entire blade.